It was just three months ago in May that Morgan discovered a lump on his testicle. He said he had noticed something different but kept it to himself for around three weeks.

“I just kept thinking it was nothing and it couldn’t be anything bad but I did keep thinking about it,” he said.

When he told wife Nichola she told him to get the lump checked out.

Morgan and his wife Nichola, who persuaded him to go to the GP

“She told me to go straight away,” he said.

So Morgan, a dad to 14 month old Oscar, went to his GP who sent him straight to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital for tests.

They confirmed the lump needed further investigation and he should see a consultant. “I didn’t want to wait,” he said.

'You try and be positive'

Morgan, from Trealaw in Rhondda, went to see a consultant at the beginning of June who said he would need an operation.

The following biopsy would reveal it was cancer. “When you have something like this, you try and be positive but it’s always in the back of your mind that it could be something bad,” he said.

Once it was confirmed, he was told he needed to go for a CT scan to check if the cancer had spread.

Stoddart shows the agony of his cruel injury

“That was probably more worrying,” he said. “Then yesterday I had the results which said that it hadn’t spread and they had caught it really early. I’ll still need chemo in the next few weeks just to increase the chances of the testicular cancer not returning and to make sure everything has completely gone,” said Morgan.

He’s been having care across South Wales but his chemo will be at Velindre in Whitchurch, somewhere he describes as “amazing”.

He said he is relieved that the cancer was caught early.

“I don’t know yet how I’m going to feel in the next few weeks but I’m just grateful it hasn’t spread. They expect I’ll be fine,” he said.

Morgan has kept his treatment under wraps from most friends, but some have known.

'I could have been in more trouble'

“They’ve all been shocked and worrying with me.

“I haven’t told many people because I wanted to keep it to myself until I knew the severity”.

Morgan Stoddart in the aftermath of his injury

He hopes that by speaking out other men who have found a lump will get it checked out.

“It’s nothing to be ashamed about. The appointment lasts minutes but could save your life. I wasn’t going to tell anyone but I thought that if even just one person reads this and then goes to the doctors, it’s worth it. I’d tell anyone in any doubt to go see their doctor,” he said.

“If I had left it longer and didn’t do, it could have spread and I would be in a lot more trouble,” he said.